pyjon

Middle English

Noun

pyjon

1. Alternative form of pygeoun

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pīpiōnem.

Noun

pyjon oblique singular, m (oblique plural pyjons, nominative singular pyjons, nominative plural pyjon)

1. pigeon

Descendants

• Franc-Comtois: pindjon
• French: pigeon
• Norman: pigeon
• Picard: penjon
• → Middle English: pygeoun
  • English: pigeon
  • Scots: pigeon

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pīpio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 556

Further reading

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pigeon, supplement)